Texas Longhorns have many well known traits but the best known of them all is their famous long horns.  This page will showcase Horseshoe B Longhorns very own Johnny Reb AKA 'JR' who has the longest horns of any beast in Australia and is now the holder of the Guinness World Records - Longest horns measured tip to tip .

JR was born on January 3, 2005 and at an early age he showed strong horn growth. Once we knew that he was going to be something special we measured his horns regularly but it was something he never really got used to but eventually relents and lets us measure him. After getting a verfied measurement of his horns we submitted a claim to Guinness World Records in London and about 4 weeks after we submitted the claim we received the certificate that stated he was the new Guinness World Record holder. His horns now (November 2011) measure more than 109" or 2.77 metres tip to tip and he is the star attraction at Leahton Park's Texas Longhorn Wagon Tours. His horns are still growing and we are excited to think where they will end up.

Below are photos that show how JR has grown over the years and if we can find more of the older photos we will load them onto this page as well. Please click on the smaller photos below for a much better view.

For more very interesting information on long horned cattle go to The Alan Rogers Texas Longhorn Museum.  There are some great stories on Alan's site.